Minnesota firms investing in North Dakota oil region

Minneapolis -based Oppidan Investment Co. said it purchased a 2-acre parcel of land near its Pheasant Ridge Apartments project in Watford City, N.D. Terms were not disclosed. Next month, the property development firm will begin construction of a second apartment building on the parcel. Pheasant Ridge Apartments II will be identical to the first phase of the project, which includes 42 one-, two- …